Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 April 1916 — THE MOVING SPIRIT OF MOTOR RACING IN U. S. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

THE MOVING SPIRIT OF MOTOR RACING IN U. S.

From Miami, Florida, where he hat been recuperating, Carl G. Fisher, the moving spirit of all motor racing in the United States, has returned to Indianapolis to throw his influence in the balance in preparation for the Sixth Annual International Sweepstakes race on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, May 30. Fisher is president of this track, and is credited with being the originator and promotor of most of the new and improved features of automobile speed contests in this country. The story of Fisher’s life is more exciting and thrilling than fiction. His meteoric rise by his own efforts has made him not only a captain of industry, but is one cf the country’s greatest sportsman. His ambition behind the Indianapolis Speedway is even greater than to merely entertain. He sees in this track a school for all automobile engineers, and these car builders willingly credit Fisher with having furnished the way for improved constructions in many instances.